Plato’s The Republic By the beginning of Book II of Plato’s The Republic‚ many questions have been brought upon the table involving the definition of justice. Polemarchus argues that justice is doing good to your friends and harm to your enemies. Thrasymachus argues that justice is the advantage of the stronger. Socrates finds flaws in both of these definitions‚ but discovers another important question about the nature of justice. Socrates wants to know whether the just life or the unjust life is
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A republic is representative democracy ruled by government officials. A democracy is direct government ruled by the majority. The key component of a republic is that the head of the government is elected by popular vote. Law makers and other officials are also elected by the citizens of a particular state to represent their interest in government. In a democracy citizens vote for polices and laws directly‚ not through elected officials. In my opinion I believe that the framers of the constitution
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After the Civil War the nation was led into a Second Industrial Revolution. The nation took in a new generation of immigrants. These new ones coming from Southern and Eastern Europe were all willing to take low paying jobs offered by the factories. These new immigrants were accustomed to radical ideas from their home lands and tied them into their newly found American organized labor. To a certain minor extent‚ organized labor was successful for being so persistent‚ although several obstructions
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Is it worth losing a republic in order to gain an empire? For: The age of Augustus could be shown as classic example of the benefits of having a empire instead of a republic. He himself ascended to the throne after the assassination of his adopted father and‚ brought peace throughout the total empire which lasted for over two centuries. This was possible as he successfully defeated all the threatening forces to the empire. “Indeed he attracted everybody’s goodwill by the enjoyable gift of peace
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of slavery or involuntary service‚ is entitled to citizenship. The end of the Civil War marked the end of the bloodshed but the beginning of reconstruction of the nation. The United States still had many issues to address. One such issue was the new banking and currency systems. Senator John Sherman felt that the country was not nationalized enough. (Doc B) He felt that America would prosper more if it had its own unique exchange system. As opposed to different states doing their own things which
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America: Democracy or Republic? Despite popular belief‚ The United States of America is‚ in fact‚ not a democracy according to the true meaning of the word. America is in actuality a republic. Although it is often referred to as a democracy‚ a democracy in its truest form is a nation in which the people do the actual voting on the issues at hand. A true democracy would place the power completely in the hands of the people‚ which can prevent matters from being handled in a timely matter. The founding
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In 1606‚ hundreds of settlers flocked to Virginia in search of wealth and treasure. However‚ the colony soon began to collapse due to disease and starvation. Despite the challenges the new Virginia colonists faced‚ they expanded and improved their colony socially and economically with the arrival of the tobacco cash crop‚ indentured servants‚ and slaves. While many historians delude the success of Virginia’s first colony‚ Jamestown‚ to John Smith‚ the real savior was John Rolfe’s discovery of tobacco
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In 1924 the congress passed a new Immigration Act effectively ending all Japanese immigration to the U.S.‚ but this did not violate the right of the Japanese Americans in World War II. (Doc A) Document A‚ C‚ D‚ E‚ and F all support on why the U.S. government did not violate their rights. There were several causes of the internment but the main cause of the internment was that the “Japanese naval and air forces attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ bringing the U.S. into World
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The plague infected Europe with outbreaks beginning in the mid-fourteenth century and was met with many different reactions. These reactions included fear‚ curiosity‚ and even spite. Through these responses and general insecurity from the plague‚ superstitions and other theories formed so people could try to make sense of what was going on. Fear of the plague would be an understandable reaction‚ considering that they had no idea what was going on or how to cure it. Eventually believing that the
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The Emancipation Proclamation‚ when it was issued on January 1‚ 1863‚ by President Abraham Lincoln‚ was this moment to finally stake the whole future of the United States and turn around the tide of the Civil War. This executive order declared all enslaved people within the Confederate states henceforth and forever free and changed the character of the war while expanding its moral and political objectives. The Emancipation Proclamation contributed much to the slavery issue by redesigning the aims
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